Fanloid Wiki:Templates

There are many templates in use in ; these are only a subset, representing some of the most important and commonly used ones. If you feel that a template belongs on this page, do not hesitate to add it.
 * Category:Templates should cover all templates in the wiki, categorized into the various subcategories.
 * The Template namespace (found from Special:Allpages) always has all templates in the wiki, sorted alphanumerically.

What are templates?
Wiki templates provide a means to insert the same content over and over in different (or the same) pages. This saves editors the hassle of duplicating the same text again and again, and also helps ensure consistency.

Templates are generally shown with the format required to use the template (e.g. ). Clicking the template name takes you to the template's page, where you can see what it looks like and how it is used.

'''Detailed instructions on the usage of each template should exist on:
 * 1) a subpage using documentation; or
 * 2) the template page itself (inside "noinclude" tags); or
 * 3) the template's talk page.

For more information on templates, see Help:Templates.

Article management templates
Page management templates are used if you notice that something is out of order with a certain page or section and want to bring it to the attention of other editors or administrators. They display a box describing the issue and add the page to the appropriate maintenance category.

These templates should generally be placed at the very top of a page unless you only want to mark a section for "treatment"; then they should be at the top of that section. The exception to this is the Cite template which should only be placed at the ends of sentences.

Navboxes
Navboxes are used to ease navigation between a certain group of articles. They should be inserted in all articles of that group at the very bottom of an article, just above the category links.

Overview templates
These are to inform readers about content presented on a page.

Infobox templates
Infobox templates present basic facts about about the subject of an article in a consistent format. They should be placed at the tops articles.

Each infobox has different parameters used to display information about the subject. Find the template you need from the list below and refer to the template's page to see what parameters are required.

Category templates
These templates are placed on category pages to give basic information about how to place pages/files in that category.

Citation templates
These templates are used in articles and on media pages to provide information about the source of information or of images.

Image copyright tags
For more information about image copyright tags see Help:copyright

Notice templates
These templates give the reader information about the content that an article or section contains.

Other
Use these little images to spruce up your discussion pages!

T is for template
template


 * This template allows you to show example template code (with a link to the templates) without using the template itself. It is used extensively on this page.

Forgot to sign
Unsigned


 * If a user forgot to sign a comment this will mark the comment with information (taken from the page history) about who wrote the comment and when.

Sandbox
sandbox
 * A template that should be used to head up all Project:Sandbox pages.

sandbox user
 * A template that should be used on a user's personal sandbox.

Welcome
welcIP and welcome


 * A template to welcome new users with. Should be customized for the wiki.

Templates used on the mainpage
These templates are used on the Main Page of the wiki to simplify the code on that page. Currently as of 07:23, May 10, 2013 (UTC) they are all in a work in progress state due to the wiki's constant underdevelopment. The primariy ones that are in use are.

Fanloid Intro2


 * Provides a navigation to various pages, similar to the Navbar.

Fanloid News and Fanloid Fanon News


 * Provides a simple format for news items.

Templates for userpages
Userbox1 and Userbox2


 * This template is the framework on which most of the userboxes on this wiki are based. Do note that these are outdated.